I guess don’t get involved then?

Also, this conjures images of Shinzo Abe in a fighter jet with the numbers 7-3-1 on the side.

No, Facebook and Twitter are still useful for the status quo.

Fox News isn’t rallying people to support Palestine.

Thanks AIPAC, for protecting Americans from foreign misinformation campaigns.

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Ozzy the man was already in from Black Sabbath. But Ozzy Osbourne the band is in now. Their first six albums (through No More Tears) are as good as any other band in metal.

I assume this means Randy, Zakk, Jake E. Lee, etc are in.

Curious to see what they do about the bassist and drummer who sued and were subsequently removed from the reissue of Blizzard of Oz and Diary.

EDIT: Looks like Randy has been in the hall of fame on his own since 2021. TIL.

Never heard of this service. Thanks.

Good post, my favorite Sabbath song and album.

I’m happy for them.

Was this the best metal album of 2023? Not by a long shot.

Was it the best Metallica album in 25 years? Absolutely. They tried new things and pulled it off well.

The Grammys have very narrow criteria. Basically you are going to get top 40 radio friendly songs and they choose from that. Looking at the list of nominees, they were the only metal band actually nominated in this category. The rest of the nominees are what people who drive in to “easy listening soft hits” think metal sounds like. 2023 was a pretty weak year for metal anyway.

In my 30s, I’ve come back around to appreciating Metallica. We don’t have many years left of them being around. Enjoy them for the time that we still can. One of these days, soon, they will play Master of Puppets for the last time.

And at least Babymetal didn’t win.

Fantastic version. I didn’t know it had so many verses.

Something comforting and nostalgic about putting a CD into your car 6 disc changer.

It’s still higher quality than many streaming services especially when you take Bluetooth into account.

I really wish music DVDs would have taken off. The few albums that came out, you could adjust the equalizer settings of each individual track.

I didn’t understand why Dee Rhoads was so protective of Randy’s legacy for the 30+ years after his death until she passed away. Limiting access, very few interviews, no releases based on his demo/rehearsal tapes. As a fan (of Randy, not really Ozzy), I wanted more.

Much like Christopher Tolkien, it turns out Dee was keeping the wolves at bay.